… in the sewage system, the amount of illicit drugs consumed in g/day/inhabitant can be estimated
… This approach provides near real-time information for a specific city or region and gives …

… metropolitan area, (ii) determine the effectiveness of the current conventional wastewater
treatment plant (WWTP), and (iii) estimate the illicit drug (ID) consumption. 23 PHA and 9 NAR …

… estimate the rank and consumption rate of illicit drugs through WBE studies. In the current
study, the related investigations regarding the illicit drug consumption … illicit drug consumption …

… illicit drug, this approach is difficult to scale across large populations and implement as a
routine real-time … Information based on wastewater epidemiology and consumption behavior …

… the common biomarkers that can be used to evaluate the abuse of illicit drugs and their
stability in … By analyzing drug residues in wastewater, we can obtain real-time data on …

… products in wastewater to monitor consumption patterns of … to evaluate lifestyle factors such
as illicit drug, alcohol and tobacco consumption at the population level, in near real-time and …

… monitor consumption trends at high spatiotemporal resolution, and that it can provide data in
near-real time … This approach does not only limit itself to illegal substances but could also be …

… to determine the trends in drug consumption in Turkey since 2019. This study aimed to present
the wastewater … due to the anonymous, objective, and near-real time data that it provides. …

… substances, thereby highlighting the need for stable WBE networks capable of near real-time
monitoring drug use. … and representative estimation of human consumption of licit and illicit …

… real time monitoring of a community. As all individuals, whether they consume illicit drugs or
not, contribute to the wastewater it … This paper aims to estimate illicit and legal drug usage …